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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6633302" data-attributes="member: 82106">The issue in play might be approached more in terms of swaying public opinion. Sure, in SOME sense if alignment is not a 'power' and is just a description of your own moral and ethical reasoning in terms of some generalizations, then the question is 'moot' in some cosmologically significant sense perhaps. However, suppose the PC is a champion of a 'new order' which has overthrown this 'Lawful Evil' regime. Can he justify, to the population, his actions? Can he convince the people he wants to submit to the legitimacy of the new rulers that they ARE legitimate? Now, cosmological significance can be reinjected into this issue because the gods, even if they are just big powerful guys with their own personal morals that aren't powers, still have their own moral preferences, and by gosh if Atur, the lawful good god of kingship can't be convinced that your guy should be crowned, well HIS opinion has a LOT OF WEIGHT! Furthermore there could be a quite vociferous debate and struggles in and amongst the ranks of various power structures (Atur's priesthood for instance). Here you could bring home the struggle to the particular interests of the PCs and give them a stake in finding answers. Obviously in this scenario there isn't an ABSOLUTE right answer, we've already determined that. There certainly can be a right answer however in terms of social utility, in terms of justice, in terms of personal interest, social group interest, etc.You could call it the "Fractured Kingdom" campaign. It might be a pretty good campaign arc as you could start out with the fallout of the change in regimes at a local level, then the impact of disagreements and infighting as different factions struggle for influence. Later external forces might get involved, and the 'epic' aspect of this game would involve lining up the higher powers behind the right candidate for new head honcho, gathering the 'symbols of power' required to validate that, and perhaps fun twists, like survivals of the old regime trying to recoup their overthrow, etc etc etc.</blockquote>

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